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District records land acknowledgement naming Wiyot ancestral land and local Tribal nations
Summary
The Northern Humboldt Union High School District minutes include a land acknowledgement stating the district sits on Wiyot ancestral land and naming local Indigenous nations including Hupa, Karuk, Mattole, Tolowa, Wailaki, Wiyot and Yurok.
The minutes of the Nov. 16 special session include a formal land acknowledgement. The district acknowledged that the land on which its schools sit is Wiyot ancestral land and described Humboldt as "the unceded territory and traditional ancestral homeland of the Indigenous nations: Hupa, Karuk, Mattole, Tolowa, Wailaki, Wiyot, Yurok, and other original inhabitants of Humboldt County." The text records gratitude to Indigenous communities and a commitment to deepen relationships with Tribal nations and communities.
The land-acknowledgement language appears at the start of the record rather than within the discussion of a specific agenda item. The minutes do not show any formal Board action adopting a policy based on the acknowledgement during this special session; the text is presented as an official statement in the meeting record.
